Download or read book Reckless Ambition written by Ryan Stacks and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music.Macallan 18.Pretty Boy Rock Tour... These are the only three things that warrant Maverick's attention. Anything else is a distraction.Maverick is determined to keep his head down and work toward changing the face of rock music, one lyric at a time. When his past collides with the present, his armor erects in self-preservation.Guinevere had a plan-one that didn't involve her older sister's surprise arrival. Where her sister is glitz, glamor, and everything the best money can buy, she just wants one thing. Financial independence. A chance to make her own way. Her sister, Genevieve, has always had the road paved for her by their father. Being the publicist for Reckless Ambition was supposed to be Guinevere's ticket to accomplishing her dream without the help of her family. But, just like always, her sister complicates that too.Maverick was Genevieve's first love. How does she tell her sister that the business relationship she has with the man she still pines over hasn't always been professional? How does she explain that the feelings that she's harboring for the rock god aren't exactly platonic? Two SistersTwo BlondesTwice the trouble Having the Vandenberg sisters join Reckless Ambition on tour brings about secrets, betrayal, and lies. Maverick has been down this road before, but this time around, the stakes are much higher. Will either of them come out of this triangle unscathed?Reckless Ambition: Issue #2 puts a rock star twist on novels like Fifty Shades of Grey and The Steel Brothers Saga!Scroll up and one click to see why readers are saying this rock star series is making their bodies thrum and their hearts sing.

Download or read book Reckless Ambition written by Ryan Stacks and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets. Betrayal. Lies ... Maverick has been down this road before, but this time around, the stakes are much higher. He warned his bandmates against distractions, but he ended up breaking every rule he established. For her. He allowed her to get too close, and she betrayed his trust and that of the band. Will this mistake sever the ties between Phoenix Rising and Reckless Ambition? Can their reputation be restored? Guinevere never expected to be the source of contention between the two bands. She is accused of putting the tour in jeopardy when an enormous secret is leaked to the press. Her quest for financial independence as well as the crumbling pieces of her heart are at stake if she can't clear her name. As the band's publicist, can she bury the scandal that plagues them? If she's allowed to keep her job, can she endure the rest of the tour while witnessing Maverick morph back into a manwhore? With fame comes jealousy, deceit, and ulterior motives. With these contingencies constantly at play, distraction comes at a cost. And the price is too high! Can Maverick and Guinevere find their way back to each other with their worlds crumbling around them? Reckless Ambition: Issue #3 puts a rock star twist on novels like Fifty Shades of Grey and The Steel Brothers Saga! Scroll up and one click to see why readers are saying this rock star romance is making their bodies thrum and their hearts sing.

Download or read book Reckless Endangerment written by Gretchen Morgenson and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year In Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy. Drawing on previously untapped sources and building on original research from coauthor Joshua Rosner—who himself raised early warnings with the public and investors, and kept detailed records—Morgenson connects the dots that led to this fiasco. Morgenson and Rosner draw back the curtain on Fannie Mae, the mortgage-finance giant that grew, with the support of the Clinton administration, through the 1990s, becoming a major opponent of government oversight even as it was benefiting from public subsidies. They expose the role played not only by Fannie Mae executives but also by enablers at Countrywide Financial, Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve, HUD, Congress, and the biggest players on Wall Street, to show how greed, aggression, and fear led countless officials to ignore warning signs of an imminent disaster. Character-rich and definitive in its analysis, and with a new afterword that brings the story up to date, this is the one account of the financial crisis you must read.

Download or read book The Deals that Made the World written by Jacques Peretti and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The book to read' GQ 'A revelatory book' John Lewis-Stempel While the laws that guide our lives are written by the politicians we elect, much of the world around us - from the food we eat to the products we buy to the medications we take - is shaped by private negotiations and business deals few of us know about. For twenty years, Peretti has interviewed the people behind the decisions that have altered our world, from CEOs of multinational corporations to politicians, economists, and scientists. In The Deals that Made the World, Peretti draws on his vast knowledge to reveal a host of fascinating and startling connections, from how Wall Street's actions on food commodities helped spark the Arab Spring to the link between the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. He proves a sure guide, combining both eye-opening on-the-ground reporting and a narrative flair that makes esoteric financial and business concepts clear and understandable. Like Steven Levitt, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Brad Stone, Michael Lewis, and Malcolm Gladwell, Peretti takes the ordinary and turns it inside out to give us a compelling new perspective on our lives and our world.

Download or read book Reckless Ambition written by Ryan Stacks and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blondes.Socialites.Pretentiousness...There's only one thing that Maverick despises more than these three defining attributes - a liar! Maverick Jennings joins his fellow bandmates to form Reckless Ambition - his past a distant memory and an opportunity to be a rock star is in his future. His brush with the elite has hardened his perspective of the world and has shaped his ideology of the man he prides himself to be. Women are a distraction, and he refuses to let them stand in the way of what he views as important - climbing the music charts to stardom. His rules are forged in the thread of his armor, an impenetrable guard against any woman who wishes to be more than one night.Guinevere Vandenberg has a plethora of secrets, but they each serve a purpose. She takes a job as Reckless Ambition's publicist, determined to build the life she was never supposed to have. She would do anything to protect her chance at a future, one free of nepotism and influence. She has every detail of her life outlined and strategized, every variable considered. There is only one contemplation she didn't account for...Maverick! Reckless Ambition: Issue #1 puts a rock star twist on novels like Fifty Shades of Grey and The Steel Brothers Saga!Scroll up and one click to see why readers are saying this rock star series is making their bodies thrum and their hearts sing.

Download or read book Reckless Abandon written by Larry Tomczak and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2002 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is searching for trailblazers...forerunners...pioneers who will stir the rest of the church out of complacency and into His glorious purposes!" says author Larry Tomczak. How will you respond to God's voice as He calls you out of "comfy-cozy complacency" and into the life of a spiritual pioneer? It is a walk of faith, and many have chosen to take the journey. Reckless Abandon discusses these exciting topics and more: - How do we know we need revival?- Are there any telltale signs that a spiritual revolution is under way?- What's the difference between martyrs, leaders, settlers and spiritual pioneers?- What made John Calvin and Martin Luther become spiritual pioneers?

Download or read book Holy Ambition written by Chip Ingram and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When God speaks, how close to the edge do you get? Drawing wisdom from the life of Nehemiah, Ingram masterfully leads readers through six key components to achieving a life lived with a biblical perspective and an eternal purpose.

Download or read book Reckless Ambitions written by John Paul Ried and published by AZ Publishing Services, LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-14 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love action and intrigue, or a Game of Throne's-like fantasy world, then you will love this series based on this author's Dungeons & Dragons campaign world.

Download or read book Chasing Alpha written by Philip Augar and published by Bodley Head Childrens. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "* Chasing Alpha is the definitive insider s history of Britain s financial services sector, from the early days of New Labour to the present day. At the heart of the action is the revival of the City s institutions in the mid-nineties. Augar uses his peerless connections with the people and firms that made it happen to give a compelling narrative of how the City s golden generation turned London round. Then, as so often happens in finance, the City got carried away with its own success, boasting of a new risk-free economic paradigm that would make the world a richer place. Northern Rock gave the lie to this claim. Far from heralding the eclipse of finance capital, Augar will show how the City stands poised to emerge from the credit crunch stronger than ever. As New Labour heads towards electoral meltdown, the industry it did so much to nurture will embrace the opportunities afforded by David Cameron s even more business-friendly Conservatives. The guiding principle of th"

Download or read book He Has Made Me Glad written by Ben Patterson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winsome stories and thoughtful reflections illustrate how even traditional disciplines such as churchgoing and tithing can be fulfilling when done out of gratitude for God's gifts. Original.

Download or read book Pound s Epic Ambition written by Stephen Sicari and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both an introductory overview of The Cantos and a detailed analysis advancing the knowledge of even the most sophisticated specialist. Sicari's analysis gives a clear orientation to the often bewildering but ultimately rewarding world of this difficult epic poem and shows that beneath the surface of the poem is the classical figure of the epic wanderer whose journey provides the "plot" of the poem. Non-specialists will appreciate Sicari's synthesis of a wide range of material. Sicari explores how Dante and the epic tradition informs The Cantos; those interested in the epic should find Sicari's study an important contribution to the field. Those studying modernism in general will see in Sicari's definition of the modern epic useful ways to study the other great achievements of high modernism, especially those of Yeats, Eliot, and Joyce. Those interested in the relation between literature and politics will find this book especially informative, for Sicari is one of the few critics on Pound who does not ignore Pound's politics, or simply castigate him for the unfortunate views he adopts and advocates. The analysis of Pound's fascism is a sub-theme that sheds new light on how politics enters a great modernist poem and affects its shape and intention.

Download or read book Last Shot written by Jock Zonfrillo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming-of-age memoir of addiction, ambition and redemption in the high-stakes world of Michelin star kitchens. From reckless drug addict to one of Australia’s top chefs and television stars: MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo's powerful life story will shock and inspire. Jock’s life spiralled out of control when he tried heroin for the first time as a teenager while growing up in 1980s Glasgow. For years he balanced a career as a rising star amongst legendary chefs with a crippling drug addiction that took him down many dark paths. Fired from his job at a Michelin star restaurant in Chester, England, after a foul-mouthed rant, Jock made his way to London looking for work and found himself in front of the legendary Marco Pierre White. He credits White for saving his life, but Jock continued to struggle with addiction in a world of excess, celebrity, and cut-throat ambition. On New Year’s Eve 1999, Jock shot up his last shot of heroin before boarding a plane to Sydney, where he would find passion and new meaning in life in the most unexpected places. There would be more struggles ahead, including two failed marriages, the closure of his prized restaurant during COVID-19, his time on-country, and some very public battles. This is the unforgettable story of an incredible life cut short too soon. Praise for Last Shot 'I’ve known Jock for 25 years. He is not only a great mate but an incredibly talented chef - in Australia and around the world. Last Shot really shows how resilient Jock is and how far he has come in his personal and professional life. I’m inspired by how brave Jock has been for putting this biography out there. I couldn’t put it down. Loved it!’ Matt Moran ‘Zonfrillo climbed his way to the top of the gastronomic ladder only to abdicate his position. He still inspires chefs worldwide.’ Marco Pierre White ‘An amazingly candid story of a prolific but complicated chef who made it back from the brink despite the obstacles, surely one of the best comeback stories there is!’ Gordon Ramsay ‘Jock absolutely lives and breathes his passion for food, which began in childhood. And between the incredible ups and downs of his life that we read about in Last Shot, what really comes through for me is his search for knowledge of Indigenous foods – I so admire how the depth of his learning combined with his amazing skill and creativity has allowed him to celebrate the uniqueness of the cultures he has embraced.’ Maggie Beer AO

Download or read book Reckless written by Chrissie Hynde and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders, is a justly legendary figure. Few other rock stars have managed to combine her swagger, sexiness, stage presence, knack for putting words to music, gorgeous voice and just all-around kick-assedness into such a potent and alluring package. From “Tatooed Love Boys” and “Brass in Pocket” to “Talk of the Town” and “Back on the Chain Gang,” her signature songs project a unique mixture of toughness and vulnerability that millions of men and women have related to. A kind of one- woman secret tunnel linking punk and new wave to classic guitar rock, she is one of the great luminaries in rock history. Now, in her no-holds-barred memoir Reckless, Chrissie Hynde tells, with all the fearless candor, sharp humor and depth of feeling we’ve come to expect, exactly where she came from and what her crooked, winding path to stardom entailed. Her All-American upbringing in Akron, Ohio, a child of postwar power and prosperity. Her soul capture, along with tens of millions of her generation, by the gods of sixties rock who came through Cleveland—Mitch Ryder, David Bowie, Jeff Back, Paul Butterfield and Iggy Pop among them. Her shocked witness in 1970 to the horrific shooting of student antiwar protestors at Kent State. Her weakness for the sorts of men she calls “the heavy bikers” and “the get-down boys.” Her flight from Ohio to London in 1973 essentially to escape the former and pursue the latter. Her scuffling years as a brash reviewer for New Musical Express, shop girl at the Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood boutique 'Craft Must Wear Clothes But The Truth Loves To Go Naked', first-hand witness to the birth of the punk movement, and serial band aspirant. And then ,at almost the last possible moment, her meeting of the three musicians who comprised the original line-up of The Pretenders, their work on the indelible first album “The Pretenders,” and the rocket ride to “Instant” stardom, with all the disorientation and hazards that involved. The it all comes crashing back down to earth with the deaths of lead guitarist James Honeyman Scott and bassist Peter Farndon, leaving her bruised and saddened, but far from beaten. Because Chrissie Hynde is, among other things, one of rock’s great survivors. We are lucky to be living in a golden age of great rock memoirs. In the aptly titled Reckless, Chrissie Hynde has given us one of the very best we have. Her mesmerizing presence radiates from every line and page of this book.

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Download or read book What Really Matters written by Hal Donaldson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to our personal well-being, success is often more dangerous than failure. As we try to fulfill others' expectations, we deplete our time, energy, and enthusiasm and end up feeling wrung out or burned out, sometimes even flaming out in spectacular ways. It may feel like the solution is just to quit--our jobs, our passions, our ministries--but there is a way to pour into others and take care of ourselves. Sharing the dramatic, true, and untold story behind the creation of Convoy of Hope, Hal Donaldson and his daughter Lindsay Donaldson-Kring pull back the curtain on Hal's journey to greater mental, physical, and spiritual health amid the all-engrossing task of starting and sustaining a ministry. They reveal the toll ministry and compassion work can take on both individuals and families, then point toward healing and wholeness. Insightful and encouraging, this book offers practical, real-world solutions to persistent problems associated with being the hands and feet of Jesus in a hurting world.

Download or read book Stoner written by John Williams and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Born the child of a poor farmer in Missouri, William Stoner is urged by his parents to study new agriculture techniques at the state university. Digging instead into the texts of Milton and Shakespeare, Stoner falls under the spell of the unexpected pleasures of English literature, and decides to make it his life. Stoner is the story of that life"--

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